NCAA certifies two new bowl games

Published: Saturday, April 22, 2000

INDIANAPOLIS College football's crowded bowl schedule will have two more entries for the 2000 season, bringing to 25 the number of games certified by the NCAA.

The galleryfurniture.com Bowl in Houston and the Silicon Valley Classic in San Jose were certified Friday as bowl games by the NCAA's football certification subcommittee. Twenty-three games on last year's schedule were recertified.

The Houston game will be played Dec. 27 in the Astrodome and include teams from the Big 12 and Conference USA. It will have a payout of $750,000. The Big 12 had seven teams that were eligible for a bowl last season, but only six received invitations. Conference USA has contracts to provide teams to three other bowls.

The bowl season will begin Dec. 20 with the Alabama Bowl and conclude with the Orange Bowl on Jan. 3 for the national championship.